Bernice (Kleckner) Boies Adair
Marriages
Arthur G. Whipple
Died.
John Boies
died 1929
William Adair - 1934
died
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 - February 18, 1970
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 - February 19, 1970
Unknown - March 5, 1970
Born Jan 23, 1891, Aspen, Co. Died Feb 13,
1970, North Las Vegas, Nev.
Her father, Thos E. KLECKNER, was a pioneer merchant and mining man of
Aspen, Leadville, and Columbine and her mother was Hattie FULFORD, a
pioneer in Eagle County.
When very young Bernice and her brother, Billy came to Brush Creek to live
with their grandparents, Edward Jay and Sarah Jane FULFORD. The
FULFORDS came to Eagle from Steale City, Neb. Mr. FULFORD was a
Methodist minister and Grandma FULFORD was best remembered for the
good meals she served to travelers between Eagle and Fulford mining camp.
The old ranch was known in those days as the Halfway House. The camp
was named after Bernice' uncle, Arthur FULFORD.
She and Billy, and cousin Glen HORTON worked and played and went to
school together. Later, about 1903, her spinster aunt, Alice HALLORAN was
chief operator in the first telephone office in Eagle for the Eagle Valley
Telephone Co. Bernice was trained to work the switchboard, run errands and
deliver messages and collect for the telephone company. She worked as
operator in Eagle and Glenwood Springs until her marriage to Arthur G.
WHIPPLE, a young telegraph operator at Eagle. They spent some exciting
years on the D & R G railroad at Dotsero, Minturn, Eagle and Shoshone. Later, as a widow with two little daughters, and in ill health, Bernice moved to
Rifle where she met and married John BOIES, a pioneer stockman. One son,
John Howard was born to this union. Her happy years in Rifle ended at the
death of Mr. BOIES in 1929. Bernice and her family moved to Ely, Nev in
1930; to Las Vegas in 1931.
In 1934 she met and married William ADAIR and they lived in Kanab, Utah
until his death, when she moved back to Las Vegas to live with her daughter,
Una.
She was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, took an
active part on Republican committees, fund drives and awarded a key to the
city of North Las Vegas in honor of 21 years served on Clark County election
boards.
She is survived by a sister, Fay Peterson COOK of Pueblo; a son, John
Howard BOIES, Silt; daughters: Una NOBLE and Irma NIDER, both of North
Las Vegas, Colo.; granddaughters, Bernice Boies COX, Danbury, Conn.,
Sharon Boies MEDINA, North Las Vegas, Nev., and two great grandchildren.
